I went with a great friend, Justin Mitchell, and his biking friend, Stan Baker to Elba Pass. There is a dirt road here that connects Oakley and Elba. I had never been on this road before. From what the guys says, it is terrible in the summer. The road was snow covered most of the way. It got progressively deeper as we pushed for the top of the pass. We decided to park 400 yards or so from the top. We donned our snowshoes and got after it.
Here is a shot of Justin by the truck before we left. On my phone, the splint he has on his finger looked like a cigarette in his fingers. Doesnt look that way here, but he is still one bad mutha!!
Blurry Picture here of me. This is the point when I was gassed (after almost an hour of going at a good pace)......maybe fitting that the picture is blurry...kinda like my eyes felt fot a minute there. Guess who rescued me AGAIN?? Swedish fish!!!!!!!!
Loved this shot: Me, Stan and Justin. Stan is 60 years old. I really hope I can be at his fitness level when I reach 60. The man is a machine!! Move over young bucks (thats me, of course!!) At one point, I asked Stan where he was with his heart rate and he siad 172 (heart rate monitor). He held it there for a while! Awesome!
Stan and Justin heading back down trail we broke earlier.
This picture makes it look like we were in fresh powder. Not! We had to WORK to break throught this crusty snow!
Good thing my finger is in almost everyone of these pictures. Argghhhhh
Dont mess with this guy!!
Loved this picture of Stan: Our GPS navigator guy for the day
I believe this is the west side of Mt Independence
Thanks Stan and Justin for pushing me on this day!! It was a perfect day........No wind, a little sunny, not cold. In fact, I was overheating with just a fleece jacket on. We didnt make it to Indepedence Lakes, but this was just as fun and satisfying!!
